hiring

Hiring without a net at Groupon

Dan Jessup, head of hiring at Groupon since 2009, calls upon his days in the Chicago improv scene to take job interviews off script.

Interview by Vickie Elmer, contributor

FORTUNE -- Recruiting talent for Groupon -- the soon-to-IPO online discounter that has grown from 37 to 7,100 employees in 21 months -- requires a lot of improvisation. Which is good, because the head of people strategy, Dan Jessup, has also been an MORE

Group job interview or cattle call?

Employers who use group job interviews say they're great for spotting team-oriented employees without wasting time. But some job-seekers say the whole process is nerve-wracking and even demeaning.

By Katherine Reynolds Lewis, contributor

FORTUNE -- When ActionCOACH tells job candidates they'll be evaluated in a group when they come in for an interview, most react with surprise. Some even ask if the business coaching company is going to try to sell them MORE

College hiring returns after two-year lull

No one's calling it a boom, but big business is back to mining for talent among recent graduates. By Josh Dawsey

Don't bring your mom to a job interview

"Helicopter parents" are getting too involved in their kids' job hunts, and it's getting on hiring managers' nerves, says a new survey. By Anne Fisher

Is it better to hire for cultural fit over experience?

The ideal candidate may become a disaster if he doesn't fit company culture, but how do you screen for something as nebulous as cultural fit? By Ethan Rouen

Bean counters wanted: Why the Big 4 are in a hiring frenzy

Corporate America may not be hiring much yet, but they're certainly looking for more accounting help. Ernst & Young, Deloitte, and other financial firms are looking to hire thousands this year.

By Gary M. Stern, contributor

Millions of jobless Americans are bracing for the next unemployment report, due out this Friday. Despite the rebounding stock market and improving economic indicators, the unemployment rate, currently at 8.9%, has remained stubbornly high as U.S. MORE

What to do when your star employees quit

The day your best employee comes in with the news that they're moving on is the day you start recruiting them again. Here are a few things to keep in mind.

By Hank Gilman, deputy managing editor

While you might have a bigger paycheck and you might have a special feeling inside now that you have a staff of your own, the gripes, hiring, and firing responsibilities are also all yours. Welcome MORE

Checking out job applicants on Facebook? Better ask a lawyer

Social media sites are handy for learning more about applicants than their resumes reveal, but beware the legal pitfalls.

By Anne Fisher, contributor

Dear Annie: I read your recent post on using social media sites to find a job, and I wonder if you can answer a question from the hiring side. I'm staffing up a new brand-management team at my company. The HR department is doing most of the initial screening, MORE

A real-time look at who's hiring and where

Want to find out which companies have announced they're planning to add to their ranks? While job location, required skills and pay run the gamut, a new web resource is providing just that.

By Anne Fisher, contributor

Fresh from a year analysts expect will be Ford Motor Co.'s most profitable ever, the automaker plans to hire about 7,000 people, in part to rev up production of its new C-Max minivan.

French strategy MORE

Headhunters see more high-level hires

Demand for senior management talent is on the rise, especially at small and medium-sized firms.

If you're looking for signs that the economic recovery is picking up steam, here's one: The number of U.S. companies creating executive jobs is up for the tenth straight month, led by a steady increase in high-level hiring at companies with annual revenues between $11 million and $500 million.

That's according to the Executive Job Creation Index, MORE